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The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) was founded in March 1963 to promote the establishment of an independent Québec. Pierre Vallières jointed the FLQ in 1965 and provided its philosphical underpinnings. The group used readical tactics, being involved in over 200 bombings between 1963 and 1970. In 1970 the FLQ kidnapped cabinet minister Pierre Laporte and British trade commissioner James Cross. Laporte was later murdered. The FLQ, many of its members in prison, ceased activity in 1971.

Marquee Communications (sometimes known as Marquee Media Inc. and Marquee Productions) was founded by David Haslam in 1976. The aim of Marquee Communications was to provide complete and up to date information on new feature films (Canadian, American and international), and to comment on the evolving world of film production in an entertaining manner. Due to the overwhelming dominance of Hollywood on this part of the entertainment industry, Marquee published a large proportion of American content. However, Haslam made a concerted effort to publicize and examine Canadian production as well.

Haslam’s flagship publication, Marquee magazine, was active between April/May 1976 and Spring 2004. It typically ran for 30-40 pages and was heavily illustrated. Originally published 4 times a year, it went to 6, then 8, then 10 and finally became a monthly. It was made available primarily in motion picture theatres across Canada, and as a newspaper insert to national and campus newspapers. Its circulation went from 135,000 in its first year to 700,000 at its peak. In 1991 Marquee moved into the field of merchandising and promotions, handling the licensing for many internationally prominent corporations in the Canadian territory. In 2004 Marquee ceased operations. David Haslam passed away in 2011.

The Hamilton Club was founded in 1872 to provide a gentleman's club in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. It has been located for its entire history at the corner of Main Street East and James Street South. The first chairman of the Club was Isaac Buchanan. Women were first admitted to the Club in 1960.

Local 105 was the first Canadian local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Founded at the beginning of the twentieth century, Local 105 was officially chartered in May 1928. In the 1960s it expanded to include Local 805 in Brantford, Ont. Members of this local work for a variety of different contractors.

The youth congress movement in Canada originated with a small group of individuals in Toronto, Ont. This group held a preliminary conference there in 1935. It, in turn, led to the first Canadian Youth Congress (CYC), called to discuss major youth concerns: peace, employment and education. As a result of this meeting, activities were initiated in larger centres toward the establishment of similar councils. The first national meeting of the CYC occured in Ottawa, Ont. in May 1936 and prepared delegates for the World Youth Congress held in Geneva later that summer. Out of the Ottawa meeting came the Declaration of Rights of Canadian Youth, resolutions on Canadian youth and world peace, and the proposed Canadian Youth Act. The second Canadian Youth Congress in Montreal, Que. in May 1937 saw a drive to broaden the scope of the movement and to involve participation from French-Canadian youth. Annual conferences were held from 1936 to 1940. CYC members continued to speak out against the rising tide of fascism and to work for Canadian youth until 1942.

Local 1 received its charter on 27 June 1881 from the National Union of Bricklayers and Masons of America. This was reported in the Hamilton Spectator, "Bricklayers and Masons", 8 July 1881. Local 1 was the first local to be chartered in Canada. Over the years the union has evolved. Local 1 is currently chartered by both the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers and the Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers of Canada.

Seripress was founded in Toronto by Barbara Caruso, a visual artist and poet, in 1972, although the first series of silkscreen prints created in 1971, was not released until 1973. The last Seripress titles were released in 1979. The press formally ceased operations in 1981. Seripress published poetry by Stephen Scobie, P. K. Page, bp nichol and David Aylward.

De Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation company founded in 1920. Its Canadian subsidiary was founded in 1928 to build aircraft for the training of Canadian airmen and continued after the war to build its own designs suited to the harsh Canadian climate. De Havilland (Canada) was merged into Boeing of the United States in 1986, as Boeing Canada, de Havilland Division. In 1992 it was incorporated into the Bombardier group of companies and the Dash-8 remains in production.

This committee which was set up in June 1943 was originally called the Cooperative Committee on Japanese-Canadian arrivals in Toronto and was concerned with the problems of evacuating large numbers of Japanese-Canadians from the West coast. The first members, mainly members of the YWCA and missionary societies, were joined by representatives from YMCA, Students' Christian Movement, the Fellowship of Reconciliation and some Toronto churches. Later on, the committee lobbied for the right of Japanese-Canadians to remain in Canada rather than being sent to Japan. By then it had grown in size, containing representatives from over forty Toronto and national groups.

The members of local 3696 are employees of Norton Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ont.

The East Timor Alert Network campaigned for a shift in Canadian foreign policy to support human rights and self-determination for East Timor. It was a volunteer organization founded in 1986 in British Columbia and later incorporated as a non-profit group. Its national office moved to Toronto in the early 1990s, with one part-time staff person hired in 1996. In 1997, ETAN groups split to form two groups. After a short dispute over who would keep the name, the national office in Toronto, board of directors and some local groups formed Canadian Action for Indonesia and East Timor (CAFIET). The organization wound down operations soon after the end of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor in 1999.

The first YMCA in Canada opened in Montreal in 1851. Canadian YMCA War Services started fifteen years later. During the First World War they offered recreational and educational opportunities. This included the partnership with Canadian universities, known as Khaki College/University, to provide education and job training to prepare troops for their return to civilian life.

Authorized on 12 August 1918, the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force was composed of 4,000 soldiers that were sent to Russia to combat the Bolshevik menace. The soldiers were selected from the headquarters staff, “B” Squadron RNWMP, 85th Battery CFA, 16th Field Company CE, 6th Signal Company, 259th and 260th Infantry Battalions, 20th Machine Gun Company, No. 1 Company Divisional Train, No. 16 Field Ambulance, No. 11 Stationary Hospital, and No. 9 Ordnance Detachment. The Commander was Major-General J.H. Elmsley. Most of the soldiers were stationed in Vladivostock. They returned home to Canada in the summer of 1919 without engaging in any hostilities.

The Canada Company was a British land development company incorporated in 1826 to aid in the colonization of Upper Canada. The company surveyed and subdivided the land, built roads, mills, and schools, and advertised it to buyers in Europe. The company assisted in the migration of new settlers to the area on their ships. The company was dissolved on December 18, 1953.

The Russell Motor Car Company was incorporated in 1911 in Canada with its head office in West Toronto. The company’s name had been the Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. Cars had been built since 1905 at the Weston Road Works, Toronto, when the first Model A was produced. Thomas Alexander Russell was the General Manager and he named the car after himself. By 1908 the Russell had become a luxury car. In 1913 trouble came in the form of an engine valve that created service problems. The car-making part of the company was sold to the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio in 1915. In 1918 the company operated a machine-shop in Weston as well as a farm.

Members of Local 2537 are employees of Bridge and Tank Company of Canada-Hamilton Bridge Division.

Writing magazine was begun by the poets David McFadden (1940-) and Fred Wah (1939-), at the David Thompson University Centre in Nelson, British Columbia, in 1980. Though it began as part of the creative writing programme there, it is not a student magazine. It has published the work of Canadian writers such as Margaret Atwood, Susan Musgrave, and George Bowering, among others.